Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,141
September 30, 2023
Ghosts are generally associated with invisible spirits and forces. Obake is the Japanese word for ghost and this coin set uses invisible forces to accomplish impossible looking routines.
I had fun playing with them and included some of my experiments in the trailer I made: HERE
The ad copy clearly explains what the gimmicks are so you should be able to reverse engineer the magic on the trailer.
►Obake Quarter Set:
Kreis is best known for his exceptionally powerful magnetic coins that can be used for some incredible seeming magic. The coins are so strong that they can attract each other through your hand, a deck of cards, or even through most tables.
“Obake” means ghost in Japanese, and this “ghost” coins set allows you to do some clean and impossible looking routines that cannot be done with other similar gimmicks.
The set includes two super magnetic quarters and a matching expanded shell that are made using real US Quarters. For some of the routines you will need some extra real US Quarters.
Watch and buy: HERE
►Progressive Bills:
A routine right out of Meir Yedid’s professional stage and parlor acts. One he has been performing for most of his career. This is a quick version of the bill repeat plot that is logical, self-working, and has a powerful “applauds cue” ending. The brilliant part of the method is that the big finale serves as the secret gimmick throughout the routine. The routine ends with a flash unfold that produces the gimmick to great applauds.
It is completely self-contained, packs small (fits in a wallet or envelope), always ready to perform, ideal for stage and platform shows, a perfect Emcee routine and can even be a hit in family and children’s shows.
Watch and buy: HERE
►BACK IN STOCK:
►Gift Boxes Illusion:
This was originally created by Roger Shepard and first published in 1990 under the name “Turning the tables”, using tabletops, and that is why it is commonly known as Shepard Tables and the Shepard Tabletop Illusion.
In an effort to make the illusion play as a magic routine and to be able to present it standing up, the new artwork was placed on a steel board and the lids of the boxes were made into magnets. This allows you to visually demonstrate the illusion and take credit for the magic.
Watch and buy: HERE
►Fishy Fish:
This is a self-working and very deceptive puzzle where you show a picture of a fish that runs across three postcards. The cards are mixed so they are obviously out of order.
You turn the cards face down for a moment and when they are turned face up the fish is reassembled as it was before the mixing.
If you are not familiar with the principle involved, you will be fooled the first time you see it.
Watch and buy: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►Saturday Sep 30, 9:00pm: Masters Of Illusion TV Show on The CW. (Preempted for Baseball in NY area)
►Sunday Oct 1, 4:00pm: Masters Of Illusion TV Show on The CW (PIX 11).
►Friday Oct 13: Mind Games Reloaded in New York. Info and tickets: HERE
►Sunday Oct 22: Spinnato’s Stand-Up Comedy Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE
►Friday Oct 27: Magic After Dark in New York. Info and tickets: HERE
To view all my upcoming appearances go: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: Next week we enter the multiverse.
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“Coin magic has a rushing sense of immediacy. Its effects are simple and direct, expressing an unembellished clarity of action and purity of plot.”
…Jon Racherbaumer (CoinMagic, 1979)
